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FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. —

Sitting in traffic, enjoying the beach as well as businesses, all things people on Fort Myers didn't get to experience for a few days, instead they spent time cleaning up from Helene.

On Sunday, Sen. Rick Scott visited Fort Myers Beach along with Rep. Byron Donalds and Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno. Together they surveyed the damage done to Fort Myers Beach by Helene, which brought 4 to 5 feet of storm surge to the beach.

"We had Ian which was really bad here and then this one in quite a few places. So we're again, getting more storm surge for whatever reason. So you just have to say yourself, okay, we're going to get storm surge," said Scott.

"We know there were other affected areas and we want to help them the best we can, but people listening are the key words because you know, you don't want to say, well, this storm is 200 miles off the coast," said Marceno.

"Businesses like the Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille haven't forgotten Hurricane Ian, having to shut down for a year from damages," said Micheal Torrgrosa.

The Pink Shell Beach Resort showed how Helene was no Ian, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the Island Hopper Songwriter Festival.

"Having something like this, with songwriter fest, to keep things going on, I'm glad they kept it going because this is the type of situation where everyone, they needed something positive, they need something to keep going on," said Heather Sweet.

Showing how Helene wasn't enough to keep this island down.

"The people of Fort Myers Beach are some of the strongest individuals I've ever seen," said Sweet. They're not just Fort Myers Beach, they're people that live in other states that have properties here, but they all came together and worked together to rebuild and restructure.

Town officials say the cleanup process has been going great, advising people who visit the island to use caution and be safe.